South Carolina SC midlands area brewers

[SHAIV]

Well maybe i wont make a starter. I just felt like it would get them hydrated and oxygenated for cell wall building so they could eat. I wouldnt neccessarily want to increase population. Maybe i just really wanted to test the foam control out and boil a starter in my flask since ive never done that lol

Ok so check this out

I may just try that

 

[TravelingLight]

Well maybe i wont make a starter. I just felt like it would get them hydrated and oxygenated for cell wall building so they could eat. I wouldnt neccessarily want to increase population. Maybe i just really wanted to test the foam control out and boil a starter in my flask since ive never done that lol

Ok so check this out

I may just try that

Yeah dude, that's a better option IMO. That's exactly what I (usually) do when I'm using dried yeast. Probably gonna do it this weekend when I knock out a 15(!!) gallon extract base for my solera barrel.

 

[TravelingLight]

Spending almost 100 bucks on extract today was so painful Thankfully Kevin cut me a little break, plus the PSB discount.

 

[SHAIV]

Yeah man i guess we are both right. Lol

 

[SHAIV]

So is this a lot of krausen for having foam control added to the boil? I did two drops per gallon and there was no boil foam to speak of

 

[TravelingLight]

So is this a lot of krausen for having foam control added to the boil? I did two drops per gallon and there was no boil foam to speak of View attachment 556691

I can't really say whether that's a lot or not. However, I did read this weekend actually where most people have said using it in the boil does not carry over to the fermenter. But I also saw those same people note that adding it directly to the fermenter doesn't do much to help with krausen. I can't say whether that's true or not. But I did use about 30 drops in a 12 gallon boil this weekend! And still almost boiled over in my half barrel keggle!

 

[SHAIV]

Yeah its still growing too

 

[grandetacos]

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Yeah its still growing too

That is a darn good looking kraussen

 

[TravelingLight]

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Yeah its still growing too

Might want to switch that airlock for a blowoff if it keeps creeping up!

 

[SHAIV]

Dude. Its gonna blow and im at work for the next 6 hours or more. I guess it should be ok. I just cant believe that is gonna happen with a 1.047 sg and foam control in the boil. I guess it doesnt carry over into the fermenter. I think the water i added to the fermenter might not have mixed in good when i took my gravity sample. I thought it would be good...

 

[TravelingLight]

Dude. Its gonna blow and im at work for the next 6 hours or more. I guess it should be ok. I just cant believe that is gonna happen with a 1.047 sg and foam control in the boil. I guess it doesnt carry over into the fermenter. I think the water i added to the fermenter might not have mixed in good when i took my gravity sample. I thought it would be good...

Ha! I know that feeling. But yeah, it'll be fine for another 6 hours or so. I wouldn't worry. Easier said than done though!

 

[grandetacos]

Dude. Its gonna blow and im at work for the next 6 hours or more. I guess it should be ok. I just cant believe that is gonna happen with a 1.047 sg and foam control in the boil. I guess it doesnt carry over into the fermenter. I think the water i added to the fermenter might not have mixed in good when i took my gravity sample. I thought it would be good...

6 hours have passed. Did it blow?

 

[SHAIV]

6 hours have passed. Did it blow?

Haha nah man i asked my wife to send me a picture of it after lunch and the angle she took made it look like it was full to the brim

 

[grandetacos]

Haha couldn’t make the 6 hours then. Well very nice - glad to know the bubbler could hold it.

 

[SHAIV]

Yeah man. Its crazy active right now though. I think theres no way its 1.047 right? Brewers friend put it at 1.056. I didnt really stir it or shake it after I topped up the fermenter. Rehydrating the yeast really must have got it going good

 

[grandetacos]

Yeah man. Its crazy active right now though. I think theres no way its 1.047 right? Brewers friend put it at 1.056. I didnt really stir it or shake it after I topped up the fermenter. Rehydrating the yeast really must have got it going good

I’m not sure about the gravity - I’ve never tried to correlate blowouts to gravity but it makes sense. Rehydrated yeast is a solid beast. When I’m experimenting with leftover ingredients, I’ll toss in 2 packs of rehydrated safale04(I think that’s the one) and get some beautiful yeast violence Haha.

 

[TravelingLight]

I feel you brother! This is 6 gallons in about a 7.5 gallon fermenter with S04. Slightly blew out the bung by this morning.

 

[baldm79]

A small brewpub near me puts it in a syringe to spray at the Krausen if it gets too high. Not sure how applicable it is for the average homebrewer, but thought it was worth sharing..

 

[SHAIV]

I’m not sure about the gravity - I’ve never tried to correlate blowouts to gravity but it makes sense. Rehydrated yeast is a solid beast. When I’m experimenting with leftover ingredients, I’ll toss in 2 packs of rehydrated safale04(I think that’s the one) and get some beautiful yeast violence Haha.

I guess the amount of krausen is correlated to a number of things, gravity, temperature, yeast health. Maybe ive never rehydrated dry yeast before

 

[grandetacos]

I feel you brother! This is 6 gallons in about a 7.5 gallon fermenter with S04. Slightly blew out the bung by this morning.

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That’s awesome! My best one was when I brewed a cream ale and held it in my chest freezer at 68. Had a major blowout which I barely cleaned up - thinking I was going to keg it the next week or so. I got busy and didn’t get to legging it for about a month. When I went to cool it, somehow I missed the massive fluffy mold explosion that was taking over the lower foot of my chest freezer. Luckily the beer survived

 

[SHAIV]

I feel you brother! This is 6 gallons in about a 7.5 gallon fermenter with S04. Slightly blew out the bung by this morning.

Dude that looks funky. What is that? A sour? And is that a fermonster fermenter?

 

[TravelingLight]

Dude that looks funky. What is that? A sour? And is that a fermonster fermenter?

It will be a sour This is the initial fill for my sour solera barrel. Barrel is 15 gallons, so I'll need a little bit more than these fermenters, but I've got some extra blending beer in a corny I can top up with after I fill it. Yeah, two Fermonsters. I got my first one last year, and ordered a second one within a couple weeks. I love them! They're my fermenter of choice when I want to do fruit because the wide openings. And I love the extra head space and the spigot. But damn, I thought having almost 2 gallons head space in one was plenty, but the S04 blew the bung out this morning. My first time using S04 and man it is a BEAST!

 

[SHAIV]

Yeah i used s04 for cider and beer before but this is the first time i rehydrated it before pitching and i think its already about done fermenting after 2 days!

 

[RevFrank]

Greetings Midlands Brewers! Been here 30 years, but brewin for 2. I've got more questions than answers and, from reading these threads, a lot of catching up to do!

 

[grandetacos]

Greetings Midlands Brewers! Been here 30 years, but brewin for 2. I've got more questions than answers and, from reading these threads, a lot of catching up to do!

Welcome!

 

[SHAIV]

Greetings Midlands Brewers! Been here 30 years, but brewin for 2. I've got more questions than answers and, from reading these threads, a lot of catching up to do!

Hey there and welcome! Ask away. Im sure someone here can answer some questions

 

[SHAIV]

So i checked my hops yesterday and i got shoots coming up from all my plants already! Anyone else noticed theirs?

 

[grandetacos]

So i checked my hops yesterday and i got shoots coming up from all my plants already! Anyone else noticed theirs?

No shoots for me yet I was tilling my garden and didn’t realize my hip roots had eaten my garden so I enclosed the roots in a 3’x3’ square. Hope they are ok haha

 

[SHAIV]

Should be i think the main one goes straight down. As long as you didnt chop up the main root ball id think you are good. I have mine in pots but i moved them to the other side of the house after chopping them down last year and some of the roots were down in the ground so they got broken and then i cut off the bottom of the pot so all the roots can go down in the ground now

 

[grandetacos]

Should be i think the main one goes straight down. As long as you didnt chop up the main root ball id think you are good. I have mine in pots but i moved them to the other side of the house after chopping them down last year and some of the roots were down in the ground so they got broken and then i cut off the bottom of the pot so all the roots can go down in the ground now

Good deal. Glad to hear that - this guy needs his Cascades